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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Engineering and the Built Environment"”.
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Rubber selection in the automotive filtration industry
Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degrees of Master of Technology: Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2020.
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Random numerical linear precoding and channel estimation in massive MIMO systems
Thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at Durban University of Technology, 2021.
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Learning rate optimisation of an image processing deep convolutional neural network
A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, 2021.
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Energy-efficient resource management framework for cloud data centers
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Engineering (M. Eng), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
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An integrated furnace co-simulation methodology based on a reduced order CFD approach
An integrated thermofluid modelling methodology for pulverised fuel fired utility-scale boilers that is computationally inexpensive, fast, and sufficiently accurate would be valuable in an industrial setting. Such a model would enable boiler operators to investigate a range of off-design operating …
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Woven with Water
The Elephant Marsh is a seasonal wetland that lies on the floodplain of the Lower Shire River in Malawi. This is one of the most productive ecosystems in Malawi that plays an important role in supporting the livelihoods of the local community (Kosamu, 2012) through fisheries, livestock grazing, and …
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Connected by Nature: The mediation between biology and technology, history and modernity, and nature and humanity
… study, I explore methods of weaving in nature and in traditional vernacular construction to uncover how these construction methods and their social connections can be translated into modern construction technologies whilst preserving the ecosystems they inhabit. I aim to investigate the …
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Regeneration through decay: Architectural prosthetic within the damaged coastline of the South African West Coast
The relationship between decay and regeneration acts as a theoretic foundation from which this dissertation suggests a new method of approaching architecture that allows for a perspectival shift. International large scale sand mining industries along the West Coast of South Africa resulted in …
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My life, my Home: Reasserting the connection between home and occupant
The intent of this paper is to uncover an architectural typology for a people who have none. An architectural typology that speaks to a culture and life of the people that live at the margins. I uncovered and have experienced that there is a lack of architectural representation of the people that …
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Connective Tectonics: The Kunye Cultural Community Centre - Weaving people, space, and time
Fragments of apartheid spatial planning still linger in our South African cities. These modernist separationist elements take form as highways or green buffer zones. At neighbourhood scales, these elements create separation and spatial injustice from the lack of access to resources and amenities. …
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Constructing the interface: Crossings between the public and the private
The built fabric of the city of Cape Town reflects the social and economic inequalities within its citizenship. Contemporary practices of inner-city living tend to cater to the wealthy while social housing on the periphery continues to exclude the poor from basic services and access to …
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An architecture of support - Investigating ways small insertions within the informal act as catalysts that support the existing practices and networks established by the residents of Imizamo Yethu
Informal ways of living have become the new norm in response to our rapidly urbanising world. The logic used in the making of self-built cities is poorly understood and therefore poorly supported. Many of the communities that live in these self-built cities face extreme hardship by having …
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In-Detoxification: Therapeutic architecture toward healing substance abuse
This study explores rehabilitation by means of therapeutic architecture, to rehabilitate individuals from substance abuse and addiction. The study aims to understand how rehabilitation can benefit the community, facilitated by a community orientated program for individuals. The site used for the …
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Barriers to the development of affordable housing on well-located land: A qualitative study of planning regulations and by-laws in Cape Town
The notion of adequate housing considers the economic, political, and social components of housing which in Cape Town translates to housing that is well located, affordable, and accessible and creates urban place-making. Both state-subsidised and private development has failed to deliver adequate …
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Salt of the Earth: Salt as a Driver for Social-Ecological Change in the Communities of the Olifants River Estuary
The West Coast of South Africa is a place that one might feel a sense of desolation, however, the harsh environment is one of beauty and richness. This thesis will look at socio-ecological issues linked to the Olifants River Estuary, and the fishing communities of Ebenheaser, more specifically …
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The Development of a Calibration Methodology for a Realistic Primary Settling Tank (PST) Model
The comprehensive characterisation of influent waste to water and resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) is key to tracking the material elements through the entire WRRF system to ensure accurate prediction of system behaviour/performance or avoidance of system failure. Current models for activated …
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Reclaiming the voices and spaces for the youth of Vilakazi Street: Exploring spatial reform in Orlando West
The legacy of apartheid spatial planning is still evident under South Africa's democratic government. Townships are segregated dormitories with residents who still face many inequities in their daily lives. Soweto is a township which a deep history of struggle for liberation. Vilakazi street is …
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Seeking sanctum, a space for healing
Bearing witness to domestic violence and the crippling nature of trauma drives the interest in designing healing spaces for women and children. A person of inspiration and countless similar stories have resulted in the dissertation topic of a sanctuary, for women and children, as a space of healing …
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Exploring and profiling of childhood illnesses in informal settlements in relation to flooding: a case study of Barcelona, Cape Town South Africa
… exposing children to bacteria, protozoa, viruses and fungi through contaminated water, contaminated household items, dead animals and mould, as a result of inhalation, ingestion and wound infections. This study focuses on the impacts of flooding on child health in the informal settlement of …